Here is where I’ll be compiling a big list of things about Tamino. I’ll be gathering all of my information from interviews, videos, photos, songs, etc. It will be continuously edited and added on to as time goes on.
His full name is Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad.
He was born on October 24th, 1996 in Mortsel, Antwerp.
He has two first names— Tamino, after Prince Tamino in Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, and Amir, which means “prince” in Arabic/Hebrew.
Tamino’s grandfather is Moharam Fouad, a renowned Egyptian singer and actor.
Tamino was only six when his grandfather passed away, so he didn’t get to know him personally, although he wishes he had.
His parents split up when he was just three and he lived with his mother in Belgium for his entire childhood.
His first language is Dutch although, in school, he had to learn French (and then claimed he wasn’t really good at speaking it.)
He has a younger brother named Ramy, they’re four years apart in age.
He describes that his mother was very “free” and “open-minded” and played music of all genres very often, which exposed Tamino to a lot of it.
Around eight years old, Tamino was listening to John Lennon’s “Imagine” and, for the first time, he was very interested in a song and asked who the artist was.
He wrote his first ever song when he was fourteen and it was for a girl (context clues tells me it was some cheesy love song) and it “didn’t work out.”
When he was seventeen, he moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands to focus on music in school.
There, he had an apartment with a couple roommates (although I don’t know how many, it was briefly touched upon.)
While living in the city, he reportedly felt “alone and very confused.”
At eighteen years old, he wrote Habibi as his first official song.
In November 2016 around twenty or nineteen years old, Tamino was invited by Belgian band Het Zesde Metaal to play a Radio 1 session. He made a good impression and was immediately picked up by the station.
In 2017, he won a musical contest being held by Studio Brussels. This was mostly the kickstart into his career. He began to have concerts shortly after.
After a performance, Radiohead’s bassist Colin Greenwood approached him and Tamino asked if they could play together, to which Colin agreed. They typically play together even in present day.
From then on, his music began picking up worldwide. Many people became fans no matter the region.
Similarly to Ramy, Tamino has been featured in some modeling.
In 2018, he fully completed and released his first album, Amir.
In 2019, he went on a tour in North America and it was his first time there.
Continuing into 2020, he has a couple of concerts in the northern part of the U.S. and some big cities in Canada, all of which were eventually canceled in March 2020 when Coronavirus became threatening.
He dislikes being called “The New Sound of the Nile,” feeling it disrespects his grandfather. (He proposed a hypothetical situation saying “What if, in 20 years, my children get called The New Tamino?”)
If he were a crayon, he’d be a black one because he enjoys the color. (And, yes, he does acknowledge it’s not really a color.)
He’s somewhat of a philanthropist at heart, saying he’d donate most of his money (if he won the lottery) to smaller causes that truly needed it, or friends and family.
His favorite band from the 90’s is Soundgarden.
He thinks going diving is scary because of the water’s pressure on his ears (?)
His favorite Arabic word is eajib, which means “weird.”
His favorite English word is heart! Aww!
He likes sandy/earthy colors a lot. (Boy must love his neutrals/nudes.)
Prefers leather jackets over denim and believes that “there’s at least one leather jacket out there for everyone.”
Prefers sunrise over sunset.
Prefers the moon over the sun.
Prefers cookies and milk over orange juice.
(This is suspect to change, since it’s just things I personally picked up on social clues.)
He loves kids and most likely would want his own someday.
He’s very humble, can take compliments but gets very modest at times with his own success and talent.
He is very respectful! He has decent manners and will say thank you, you’re welcome, etc. a LOT.
Not the best conversationalist, especially if the question is too complicated or awkward for him to think on. (This typically only happens in English, though, as I’ve noticed he tends to open up more in Dutch. It could be a comfort or language thing, I don’t know.) Exmaples is this are him saying “and yeah,” “um,” “...” “it’s good/great/amazing.”
He is a very deep individual and seems to understand more to life than many do.
He is a romantic poet, which is an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century (and didnt last long after that, but I’d still consider him a romantic.) Poetry like this pertains ideas of supernaturalism, nature, and grand emotions.
He is very welcoming of people no matter their opinions or where they come from and he enjoys seeing the unity and balance that everyone brings, especially to a concert.
He is somewhat of an introvert, usually not that active on social media and just generally a quiet person overall.
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